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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0596\">596<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":232417,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60966,"identifier":"46.2-2085","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/6\/46.2-2085","url":"\/46.2-2085\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-2085\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/6\/46.2-2085","dublin_core":{"Title":"Abandonment, discontinuance, or deviation of service","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-2085","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Notwithstanding anything contained in this chapter to the contrary, no <span class=\"dictionary\">common carrier<\/span> regulated pursuant to this article shall abandon or discontinue any service established under the provisions of this chapter without permission of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> and on such terms as the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> may prescribe. <span class=\"dictionary\">Common carriers<\/span> may occasionally deviate from their route or routes when authorized to do so by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nABANDONMENT, DISCONTINUANCE, OR DEVIATION OF SERVICE (\u00a7 46.2-2085)\n\nNotwithstanding anything contained in this chapter to the contrary, no common\ncarrier regulated pursuant to this article shall abandon or discontinue any\nservice established under the provisions of this chapter without permission of\nthe Department and on such terms as the Department may prescribe. 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